Rachael Dodsworth, prosecuting, said how he was living at the bail hostel at The Crescent, Linthorpe , on January 15 when a member of staff went into his room and found him semi-conscious, on the bed, with some drugs around him and in his hand.

She said the worker woke him but when he returned later in the day Woodier was again on the bed in a similar state.

She said: “An ambulance had to be called.

“There were 11 snap bags, some containing powder and some containing rocks.”